diff --git a/modules/codegen/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MessageProcessor.java b/modules/codegen/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MessageProcessor.java
index 0a9c0fd58ab8b..5e8eedb7c8938 100644
--- a/modules/codegen/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MessageProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/codegen/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MessageProcessor.java
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@
 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind;
+import javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Modifier;
 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
 import javax.lang.model.element.VariableElement;
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind;
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
 import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.typedef.F;
 import org.apache.ignite.lang.IgniteBiTuple;
 
 import static org.apache.ignite.internal.MessageSerializerGenerator.DLFT_ENUM_MAPPER_CLS;
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ public class MessageProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
             if (clazz.getModifiers().contains(Modifier.ABSTRACT))
                 continue;
 
+            if (!checkConstructors(clazz))
+                continue;
+
             List<VariableElement> fields = orderedFields(clazz);
 
             if (fields.isEmpty() && emptyMsgs.stream().noneMatch(t -> isAssignable(t, clazz))) {
@@ -146,6 +151,34 @@ public class MessageProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /** */
+    private boolean checkConstructors(TypeElement clazz) {
+        boolean isMarshallableMsg = isAssignable(
+            clazz.asType(),
+            processingEnv.getElementUtils().getTypeElement("org.apache.ignite.internal.MarshallableMessage")
+        );
+
+        for (Element el : clazz.getEnclosedElements()) {
+            if (el.getKind() != ElementKind.CONSTRUCTOR)
+                continue;
+
+            ExecutableElement c = (ExecutableElement)el;
+
+            boolean isDfltConstructor = F.isEmpty(c.getParameters());
+
+            if (isDfltConstructor && !isMarshallableMsg)
+                return true;
+        }
+
+        processingEnv.getMessager().printMessage(
+            Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+            "A class must have a default constructor: " + clazz.getQualifiedName(),
+            clazz
+        );
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Collects all fields annotated with {@link Order} from the given {@link TypeElement} and all its superclasses.
      * <p>